The conduct of men depends upon their temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Entrepreneurship is all about making life easier for humanity, while money becomes a bye-product.

It's a funny thing in my job: you remain perpetually lonely in a world where loneliness is the rarest commodity.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.

The difference of somebody of winning and losing, has nothing to do with their genetics, has nothing to do with their potential.

It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what is.

It's a crooked system, but gin straight take the pain away.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru.

When you think that most of us are doomed by divine grace to roast in hell, to say nothing of mortgages and hail and bad crops and extravagant womenfolks, 'tain't any laughing matter!